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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-12-07
IIAirN Notea.

Ctsrcosl, scslded milk, eggs or wheat
-four for the scours.
Cresm which rises il cold air is better
than that which rises in cold water.
Every dairyman should strive to have
pastures of clean, sweet grasses, aud the
land should be enriched with top dress
ing.
Use q little salt in the food for the stock
the same as you do your own. Il increases
the flow of milk and improves their gen.
eTal health.
Feed well, be clean, give plenty of water,
cold in summer, warm in winter, milk
quickly. These four rules are necessary
for success in a dairy farm.
From 125, 600 to ECO 600 human lives are
lost yearly from using the milk aud meat
Of tuberculosed cattle. says DR.. Salmon, of
the United States Veterinary Medical
a $50 citation.
If any animal on the place should have
sweet, clean hay 1t is the cow, the product
Of which is daily finding its way into the
veins Of the family, to promote health or
produce disease. Too often, alas, it per-
forms the latter office.
In the dairy section of the Chicago fat
stock show the grand sweepstakes prize Of
$50 for the best butter in the show was
won by Adams q Son, of Chillicothe, Mo.
For the best lot of Illinois dairy butter
the first premium, SO, was awarded to
Richard Hawkey, of Harlem, Ill.
The first calf, says a contemporary,
makes or mars the COW, and from the first
pregnancy, when the mammary glands be-
gin to develop. up to the coming in, is
tire most important period of a cows life.
What is gained then may be held and added
to; what is lost can hardly be recovered.
Mr.. James Mackenzie, an Irish dairy
man, says: From experience which
have seen carried out, from 20 to 81 per
cent. increase of butter has been gained
by the centrifugal over the gravity of
Dreaming, but 1 am satisfied that this gain
is not at the expense of quality, but to
searching out more OF the minute fat glob-
ules, which in gravity creamlng do not
rise, and, if not forced out, are lost in the
skim milk,
Mr.. T. Z. Welfear, who manages a herd
of eighty COWS, stated in paper on dairy
farming at a meeting of the Tunbridge
Wells (Epgland) Farmers club, that in Its
purity the Jersey cow is somewhat deli
/ cate animal, and when out of profit will
| yield little for grazing purposes. The
ShorthOrn Jersey, the Sussex Jersey, or
the Kerry Jersey is, however, nearly, il
cot quite, equal to most pure-bred Jerseys
in milk yielding, and much more hardy
and serviceable animal for general pur-
| poses.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-12-07
Orchard Grass.

W. J. Besl, in his Grasses of North
America" says: Orchard grass is peren-
NAL, lasting for many years, two or three,
or even five feet or more IN height, rather
large, coarse, rough, of light green color,
and grows in dense tufts, unless crowded
by thick seeding. The lever leaves are
sometimes two feet or more in length.
The clustered spikelets make dense masses
on the small spreading panicle. The h0w-
ers appear with those OF early red clover.
Ii is native OF Europe, and is also now
found in north Africa, India and North
America, and perhaps in other countries.
Although il came to this country from
Europe, it did not attract much attention
in England until sent back there in 176 /.
from Virginia. So far as quality is con-
cerned, IL cut in good season. or pasture
when young, it stands we'll the test of cat
tie and the chemists. 1t is very nutritious,
the seeds start quickly, snd makes very
vigorous growth, aud If the grass is not 4
very valuable one it is Certainly no
from the lack of testimonials from
practical farmers. The stems are rot
very abundant when compared with the
leaves, hence the plant is more suitable for
pasture than for mellow. IL is the first to
furnish bite for the cattle in the spring:
is little affected by the droughts of July
and August, and continues growing until
the severe cold Of November blocks up the
sources OF nourishment. When cut or
grazed il starts up with great vigor. No
maa should SOW it on his lawn, for it
would need cutting every day before
breakfast. If cut while in blossom, both
cattle and horses are exceedingly fond OF
the hay and do well on 1t. II left to stand
until the seeds are mature it becomes more
tough than even timothy, and cattle will
need to have their teeth sharpened to eat
it Ia this stage of its growth. Orchard grass
loves deep, rich, moist soil. Grown on
poor, dry land By lazy farmer, it will not
give Subtraction. 1t may be cut two OF
three times a year, producing large crop:
of the very best fodder, just as long as
the fertility of the land can be maintained
by top-dressing.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-12-07
The Potato Crop tbs Worst in ths Last Seven
Years.
Orchard Grasss-Hogs and C,rn-TalkiDg
10 HoTsss-Brittla Hoois.
Tbs Best Pig Psn-A Boy On aFirm-Slags
FOR FAttsniRg.
Killing Uhinch Bugs-HOasehoId Hints
Dairy and Farm NOtes-POultry and
Live stock Matters, etc,
The POTATO CroD.

The report of the National Department
of Agriculture SAYS: The returns OF yield
per acre Of potatoes by our correspondents
are in harmony with the poor condition
reported during the whole season, aud in
dlcate product the smallest since 1881.
Disaster has attended the crop from time
OF planting ia almost every section, New
England alone, IN the early part OF the
season, showing high condition. As the
crop advanced toward maturity the unfav-
orable conditions afecling It became more
pronounced, and in each report slnce Au-
gust condition has been the lowest ever re-
ported at the same date. In the States
west OF the Allegheny Mountains the crop
year opened most unfavorably, drought
prevailing over large part OF the area, in
terfering with termination a1d retardlng
growth. The drought continued generally
unbroken until the season was too tar ad-
vanced to make more than fraction of a
CROP possible. In the EIstern and Middle
States prospects were favorable for a good
crop until August, when ex-
cessiYe moisture was followed
by 3 tendency to rot, and condition
has since steadily fallen away. The breadth
devoted to this crop is considerably en-
larged over that OF last year, the prelim-
mary July estimate showing an area of
more than , 500 900 acres. The increase
was larger in the more western States, bat
was quite marked in some sections of the
older regions, where the previous crop n ad
proven more profitable than the cereals.
The present returns make the yield per
acre slightly above hfty-six bushels, aud
the total product very near 134 900, 600
bushels. The acreage, yield per acre, and
product since 1880 have been as follows,
the figures for 1856 being yet subject to
slight modification:
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-12-07
a Boy on n Farm

1t is my impression, says Charles Dudley
Warren, that farm without boy would
very soon come to grief. What boy does
IS the life OF the farm. he is the fac 20
tum, always in demand, and always ex.
oected to do the thousand aud one things
that nobody else will do. Upon HIM falls
the odds and ends, the most difficult
things. After everybody else is through
be is to finish up. His work Is like
voman's-perpetually waiting on others.
Every body knows how much easier it is
TO cook good dinner than to wash the
fishes afterwart. Consider what boy on
I farm is required to dO-things tina. must
be done, or life would actually stop. Ii is
understood, in the first place. that he is to
do all the errands, to 90 to the store. to
the posiofhce, and to carry all sorts of
messages. If he had as many legs
as the centipede, they would
tire before night. He is the
one who spreads the grass as he men cut
1t; he slows 1t away in the barn; he rides
the horse, to cultivate the corn, up and
down the hot, weary rows; he picks up
the potatoes when they are dug; he brings
wood and water and splits kindling; he
gets up the horse and turns out the horse;
whether he is in the house or out of the
house, there is always something to do;
Jas before school in the winter ne sho wells
paths; in the summer he turns the griud-
stone; and yet, with his mind full Of
,cbemes Of what he would like to do. and
MS hands full of occupation. he is an Idle
BOY who has nothing TO blsy himself with
out schools and chores. He would gladly
80 all the work if somebody else would do
all the chores, he thinks; and yet, doubt
y any boy ever amounted 10 anything in
the world, or was of much use as a man,
who did not enjoy the advantages of lib
eral education IN the way Of CHORES.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-12-07
Brittle HOofs.

Horses are frequently troubled with
brittle hoofs, caused by deficiency OF water
in the bone. This is caused in various
ways-fever of the feet, or the common
founder, Inflammation OF the interior
OF the foot, exposure to ferment-
ing manure or filthy stables, by which the
horn is saturated with moisture containing
ammonia, leaving the foot.covered with
mud or even continued hot or dry weather
or an unhealthy condition of the system
will produce this trouble in the feet. The
horn becomes dry and granulated, and
separates very easily, crumbling or splint-
ering away until there is scarcely crust
enough left 10 fasten a shoe upon. The
remedy is, of course, to remove the cause
and restore the moisture. Frequent wash
ing of the feet with cold water, with atten-
ton to the health and to give the horse
clean bedding and an earth floor to stand
upon, or else deep bed OF sawdust, will
prevent ii or cure it in many cases.
Glycerine and water in equal parts are an
excellent dressing for the hoofs. An &C.
cssional soft feed as bran mashed with a
little linseed, is also useful, because it
keeps the horse in good health and cool,
Tar is sometimes Used as a hoof dressing
with advantage, but it needs caution in its
application.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-12-07
Poultry Interests.

PuIles that have not commenced to lay
now will hardly do so before spring, and
should be disposed of.
Do you notice some of the chicks trailing
their wings? Look out for lice. Examine
beneath the wings, on top of the head and
about the vent. Look closely, and you
Will find the cause.
Feeding red pepper to laying hens is not
beneficial unless given very moderately,
end rot oftener than three times q week
It acts as q temporary stimulant, but if
given continually causes I'M urious effects.
Turkeys fatten best when fed three
times day, allowing them ali the corn
they can eat. If penned in eoops. they
become discontinued, and will not thrive
or fatten, 10 matter how much food they
may receive.
correspondent OF the Ohio Farmer
says: There isno better feed FOR poultry
than oats. This grain seems to possess all
the necessary elements to build up the
body and contribute 10 the energy and
vitality of the fowl"
Ducks usually begin to lay in Fsbru-
ary, and until that time they can be kept
at but little expense. Cooked turnips
with small amount of cornmeal, make
good feed for them. After they begin to
lay they should have a proportion OF
animal food.
50SNNSoA1' PDAAeAJ AoAoSA locus HncdI
in the morning barley at noon and wheat
in the evening. In addition to the barley
he gives the slop and refuse from The
kitchen after boiling j.. The wheat gives
rich yellow color to the yolks, which is
so much desired in the city where eggs are
sold in retail merkets.
Where ducks and geese are sent to mark.
ct requiring them drawn they may be
scalGed; then wrap them in a cloth fer two
minutes, when the feathers and down will
come off clean. Very early in the season
small chicks sell readily because of the
scarcity OF larger sizes, but the usually pre-
ferIsd weight is from one to one and q
half pounds, but later on those of two
pounds are preferred. In winter all stocks
can be shipped better and more economi.
cally when killed and dressed, but in sum-
mer the best mode is to chip poultry alive
1t would hardly pay the farmer to en-
gage in the poultry business beyond the
keeping Of two or three dozen fowls for
family use, unless there should be some
one about the place who would make il a
special business to look after the poultry,
and like to do it. Sometimes the service
of good, steady boy, who is a natural fan
ciers may be secured at a small
cost and all OF his time
may be profitably employed in caring
for 200 or 800 hens, or, il he be experienced,
probably 800 or 600. In embarking in the
business it is best not to start out on two
large 8 scale.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-12-07
Hogs and Corn.

/ have Just sold some hogs, Thers is
nothing remarkable about that, but the
weight think, was good. Out of the lot
OF fourteen two were March pigs, aud the
remainder came from the first to the mid
die of April, which would make them Just
about seven month old. The average
weight was 2O03I pounds.
The pigs were from graded Poland China
sows and thoroughbred boar, which cross
produces pig good enough for any one to
feed. AS to treatment, as soon as they
were large enough to eat the were fed ship
stuff or shorts once day, and were al
lowed to run in a good bluegrass pasture,
with a small feed OF corn twice a day.
The aim was simply to keep them in good
growing condition.
When about six months old they were
confined IN q pen and fed all the corn they
would eat, with an occasional feed of ship
stu1. They were confined in a pen, not
because that was considered better than
allowing them TO run at large, but because
it was necessary to keep from overfseding
breeding sows and other hogs.
think many farmers make the mistake
OF overstockiDg. a few hogs well cared
for will always be more profitable than q
large number poorly cared fcr. The
writer has kept four breeding sows, and
within the last year has sold and refined
for use considerably more than $500 vorth
OF hogs.
One of your correspondents remarks
that his hobby is clover" My hobby is
a variety of food for stock. II a farmer
has corn and no money he would better
haul q load OF corn to market and bring
hack bran and shipstud. The policy oil
all corn is doing ABOUT as much to keep
farmers poor as 10 per cent. mortgages, and
between the two Ii is hard times for many
Western farmers.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-12-07
siIaxe For Fattenine.

The latest comparative trial of silage in
the fattening OF cattle by the Royal Agri-
cultural society is recorded by Dr. Voelcker
inithe new number of the Society Journal.
From the same meadow hay and silage
we're made, the grass for hay weighing Is
tons = hundred-weight and that for silage
a few pounds under II tons 12A hundred
weight. Twelve bullocks were divided in
70 two equal loIs, one 10 be fed on hay and
the other on silsge, with the addition OF
pounds Of cotton cake and pounds of
maize meat for each bullock per day IN
10Th lots and water at will. After eighty
'Our days feeding, all the hay having been
'1nsumed, the total increase in live weight
the six bullocks fed on hay was 9S9
ounds, or SO pounds per head
-,er day, while that Of the six fed on silage
vas 900 pounds, or % pounds per
cad per day. As there was originally if.
cen hundred. weight more grass for the
az than for the silage, and enough of the
after remained after the hay had been
Consumed to feed the SIX bullOcks for q
ew days, it appears that, with a consider.
IDLY smaller consumption of grass the
ninals fed on silage made q slightly
reater gain in live weight. The silage in
his case was sour, but of very good Quail
y. DIR. Voelcker also gives the results OF
% experiment witnessed by him in which
''lage intended TO be sweet but containing
nearly as much acid as that used in the
Ither experiment, was tried against hay
rom the same meadow, with equal GUAM
ttties OF other foods. In this case the gain
n live weight was one and six-tenths
pounds per head per day among four bull.
iOcks fed on silage. against one and three
tenths pounds among four fed on hay.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-12-07
Killing Chinch.Rnrs

Mr.. John T. mes, of NorthdeId, Mimi,
says the st. Paul Farmer, though very
busy man, found time to fight the chinch-
bugs, and he beat them. The pests by the
million were working on a neighbors
wheat adjoining Mr.. Ames' eIghteen-ecre
held of corn. The neighbor informed Mr..
Ames that he proposed cutting the wheat
the following day. 1t was evident that
the bugs would then break for the corn.
dr. Ames hurriedly hauled a load of six
inch common boards to the scene of action.
and had them placed edgewise, end TO end,
upon the ground the entlre distance along
the border Of the corn-field. He then pro.
cured barrel OF gas tar, and with old
brooms painted the boards, and
repeated the painting three times a
day for few days. Only once,
when the painting wac neglected, die the
bugs scale the barricade. Then Mr.. Ames
began experimenting to see what would
kill the bugs. They approached the boards
in vast numbers along in the afternoon,
and being checked, piled up in a windrow.
Pits were dug at intervals into which they
would fall to the depth of several inches
In the morning when they were dormant,
be poured barrels Of boiling water upon
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-12-07

The crop of 1879, according to the cen
sus OF 1850, amounted los, ass, $50 bushels,
OF which the six States of New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois
and Iowa produced SO per cent. or %. 9O0,-
600 bushels. This year the total yisld of
these States will not exceed 81 900. 900
bushels, on q considerably enlarged area
In Northern Michigan, Illinois and Wis
consin the returns of the present month
show that, IN a number Of counties. a Sc.
rious damage was done to the small crop
grown by frost and freezing weather dur
ing the last week of October.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-12-07

make out that these men also are equally
guilty, what good can come from smirch-
ing others is not apparent. The court
judges, Jackson and Sage, keeps the ma
chinery moving, and the end may be ex.
pected much sooner than was st first an
ticipated.
Court adjourned until Monday, before
the book. keepers testimony was all in.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-12-07

them, destroying them by millions. Cold
water poisoned with Paris green seemed to
DO little good. Creosote killed them hand
somely. Refined kerosense seemingly had
little effect. But the boards, gas tar and
boiling water saved the eighteen acres of
corn, while that of his neighbor's was
nearly ruined. Labor, material, etc., for
his experiments cost him about $50. but
his corn crop was little less than 100 BUSH
els per acre,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-12-07

1t is almost impossible for sheep to find a
sufficiency OF food when the snow is on
the ground, and they suffer from lack OF
shelter in the fields. Yet there are many
farmers who turn the sheep out to support
always leads TO loss.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-12-07
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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-12-07

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